Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

As a final incentive before giving up a

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.